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E T Consultant (Information Architect) Job #: req38596 Organization: World Bank Sector: Information Technology Grade: EC2 Term Duration: 1 year 0 months Recruitment Type: Local Recruitment Location: Washington, DC,United States Required Language(s): English Preferred Language(s): Closing Date: 10/21/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC Description At the World Bank, a member of the World Bank Group (WBG), you’ll join a diverse, global community working across cultures, disciplines, and borders to address the world’s most pressing development challenges. With 1.2 billion young people reaching working age in the decade ahead, the challenge of job creation has never been greater. Through partnerships across 145 countries and more than 182 offices worldwide, we work with governments, private sector, development partners and other stakeholders to invest in people, strengthen markets, and deliver scalable, data-driven solutions that generate more and better jobs and improve lives. For more information, visit worldbank.org ITS Vice Presidency Context The Information and Technology Solutions (ITS) Vice Presidential Unit (VPU) enables the World Bank Group to achieve its mission of ending extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet by delivering transformative information and technologies to its staff working in over 150+ locations. For more information on ITS, see this video: youtube.com Background • The World Bank Group is undertaking the Unified Repository initiative to simplify, modernize, and standardize the institutional knowledge ecosystem. The initiative seeks to establish a unified knowledge backbone that enables consistent governance, metadata management, discoverability, interoperability, and AI readiness across publishing systems, repositories, disclosure channels, and knowledge products. • The Information Architect will contribute to the design and implementation of the future-state information architecture that underpins the Unified Repository ecosystem. The consultant will work with the implementing team to ensure that information, metadata, governance controls, workflows, and publishing processes operate as a single, integrated architecture that supports future business and technology platforms. Scope of Services • Identify gaps, duplication, and opportunities to establish a unified information and knowledge architecture. • Contribute to the design of future-state information architecture, information models, and content organization framework that supports standardized knowledge management, interoperability, discoverability, and AI readiness. • Help establish enterprise metadata standards, governance models, stewardship responsibilities, and lifecycle management processes to improve consistency, quality, compliance, and automation. • Help develop and harmonize taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, classifications, ontologies, and semantic models. • Design end-to-end information flows, content lifecycles, business rules, workflow architectures, approval processes, governance checkpoints, and ownership models supporting publishing, disclosure, and repository operations. • Define search, navigation, discovery, and access frameworks that improve findability, usability, personalization, and reuse of knowledge assets for both internal and external audiences. • Work with the information governance team to implement already established frameworks, quality standards, stewardship models, KPIs, and AI-readiness requirements to ensure information assets are trusted, compliant, interoperable, and optimized for future Knowledge Bank capabilities. Selection Criteria • Typically requires a Master's degree with 5 years of experience or a Bachelors Degree with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education in Information Science, Knowledge Management, Information Systems, Library Science, Computer Science, Data Governance, or related field and experience. • At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in information architecture, metadata management, taxonomy and ontology development, knowledge management, enterprise content management, and information governance. • Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise information architectures, metadata standards, classification frameworks, knowledge organization systems, and content lifecycle models for large and complex organizations. • Proven experience supporting digital transformation, repository modernization, workflow redesign, or knowledge management initiatives, including requirements analysis, process mapping, and governance design. • Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, enterprise search, metadata governance platforms, semantic technologies, and AI-enabled knowledge management solutions is desirable. • Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to work across business, operational, and technical teams. WBG Culture Attributes: 1. Sense of urgency: Anticipate and quickly respond to the needs of internal and external stakeholders. 2. Thoughtful risk-taking: Challenge the status quo and push boundaries to achieve greater impact. 3. Empowerment and accountability: Empower yourself and others to act and hold each other accountable for results. World Bank Group Core Competencies As per WBG policy, an Extended Term (ET) appointment is subject to a lifetime maximum of three (3) years. Former and current ET staff who have completed or are in the process of completing their third-year ET appointment are not eligible for future ET appointments. We are proud to be an equal opportunity and inclusive employer with a dedicated and committed workforce, and do not discriminate based on gender, gender identity, religion, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.

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E T Consultant (Information Architect)
Information Technology
Term Duration: 1 year 0 months
Local Recruitment
Washington, DC,United States
10/21/2026 (MM/DD/YYYY) at 11:59pm UTC
ITS Vice Presidency Context
Scope of Services
Identify gaps, duplication, and opportunities to establish a unified information and knowledge architecture.
Help establish enterprise metadata standards, governance models, stewardship responsibilities, and lifecycle management processes to improve consistency, quality, compliance, and automation.
Help develop and harmonize taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, classifications, ontologies, and semantic models.
Define search, navigation, discovery, and access frameworks that improve findability, usability, personalization, and reuse of knowledge assets for both internal and external audiences.
Selection Criteria
At least 5 years of relevant professional experience in information architecture, metadata management, taxonomy and ontology development, knowledge management, enterprise content management, and information governance.
Proven experience supporting digital transformation, repository modernization, workflow redesign, or knowledge management initiatives, including requirements analysis, process mapping, and governance design.
Familiarity with Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, enterprise search, metadata governance platforms, semantic technologies, and AI-enabled knowledge management solutions is desirable.
Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, analytical, and communication skills, with demonstrated ability to work across business, operational, and technical teams.
World Bank Group Core Competencies
Learn more about working at the World Bank and IFC including our values and inspiring stories.

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